Decorating the fireplace with metal set of copper or brass is a sign of a good taste and a modern view at the interior design. Several decades ago copper and brass elements for finishing the fireplaces were available for the elite’s representatives only. Nowadays manufacturing of copper and brass sets and panels for finishing the fireplaces is performed on semi-automatic equipment that makes their price more affordable.
Advantages of copper and brass sets for a fireplace
• Minimal amount of seams between copper and brass elements;
• A feeling of an all-cast metal surface;
• The width of panels from copper or brass sheet can be up to 1000 mm;
• Fast enough installation of a set or metal finishing of a fireplace;
• Bracing of copper and brass panels is performed principally with a hidden method.
Kinds of metals applied for finishing the fireplaces
Metal sets of fireplaces can be made not only of copper and brass but also of other metals:
Classic copper. The surface of classic copper glitters and has a reddish-golden color. The original color of copper persists not so long; during the first 60-90 days the surface of a tape is dimming and beginning to get dark and then is being covered with malachite green patina.
Oxidized copper. This copper has got a brown colored surface having avoided glittering stage and the following irregular aging to the oxide level. But you must remember that oxidized copper still continues to age and eventually covers with patina.
Patinated copper. Copper of green color covered with patina that is factory fabricated. Purchasing patinated copper for a building of your house you invest a pretty big sum of money in construction but at the same time in future the color of a copper surface will change insignificantly.
Tinned copper. It’s a copper sheet covered with a layer of tin and having warm matte-gray color. Over time the color of tinned copper changes a little and becomes gray-green. It’s happening because a copper sheet is getting green under the layer of tin.
Bronze. Alloy of copper and tin of reddish-brown color was developed especially for designers. During operation bronze copper is getting brownish-green shade which then transforms to dark brown-anthracite.
Brass. Alloy of copper and zinc was developed especially for covering facades of the houses. Time and weather naturally change the original reddish-golden color of brass firstly into greenish-brown and then into grayish-brown color. The end of the process of aging copper to brass is a dark-brown anthracite shade.
Golden copper. Alloy of copper and aluminum has got a golden color and is an excellent alternative to braid gold and titanium nitride applied to producing and installation roofing of churches and temples. Over time the original golden-green color of the surface of copper gets a matte-golden shade and remains the same forever.
Pliability and unlimited possibilities of processing of different metals open new limits in the design of fireplaces and interiors. Embossing and slotting, panel, cassette and sheet structures form a new basic palette of applying copper, brass and other metals in modern interiors.
